BAGHDAD (Reuters) - At least 27 people were killed and 64 wounded in a twin suicide bombing in central Baghdad on Monday, the deadliest attack so far this year in the Iraqi capital, an interior ministry official said.Two men detonated explosives vests in Aviation Square, a commercial district and gathering point for day laborers seeking work, scores of whom were killed and injured, according to the official.
Iraq declared victory last month over Islamic State (IS) militants who seized control of nearly a third of the country in 2014. However, IS continues to carry out attacks and bombings in Baghdad and different parts of the country.
The German foreign ministry condemned the devastating attack in Baghdad and expressed its condolences to the families of those killed.
The attack in Aviation Square was one of the deadliest in Baghdad since a massive truck bomb killed at least 324 people in the nearby commercial district of Karrada in July 2016.
The Karrada bombing was the deadliest single attack in Iraq since the 2003 U.S.-led invasion that ousted Saddam Hussein.
3 wounded in bombing attack in Jisr Diyala region
Baghdad (IraqiNews.com) Three civilians were wounded in a bomb blast, south of Baghdad, a security source said on Monday.
“A bomb placed on the side of the road in Jisr Diyala region, south of Baghdad, went off in the morning, leaving three people injured,” the source told AlSumaria News.
“Security troops cordoned off the blast spot and transferred the wounded to nearby hospital for treatment,” the source, who asked to remain anonymous, added.
Early on Monday, a twin suicide bombing rocked al-Tayaran Square in central Baghdad killing 26 and injuring 95 others.